Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 8, Semester 1 — Page 35

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

إِذَا تَأَمَّلْنَا رَسْمَ الهَمْزَةِ فِي كَلِمَاتِ (القِرَاءَةُ، ضَوْءَكِ، الهَيْئَةُ)، وَجَدْنَاهُ لَا يَخْضَعُ لِقَوَاعِدِ رَسْمِ الهَمْزَةِ المُتَوَسِّطَةِ.

If we examine how the hamza is written in the words (al-qira'ah, daw'aki, al-hay'ah), we find that it does not follow the standard rules for the medial hamza.

فَفِي المِثَالِ الأَوَّلِ، جَاءَتِ الهَمْزَةُ فِي كَلِمَةِ (القِرَاءَةُ) مَفْتُوحَةً، وَجَاءَ مَا قَبْلَهَا سَاكِناً، وَحَقُّهَا وَفْقَ القَاعِدَةِ أَنْ تُكْتَبَ عَلَى أَلِفٍ، وَلَكِنَّهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَى السَّطْرِ، وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ السَّاكِنَ الَّذِي جَاءَ قَبْلَهَا كَانَ أَلِفاً.

In the first example, the hamza in (al-qira'ah) is fatha-voweled and preceded by a quiescent letter. While the rule suggests it should be written on an alif, it is written on the line because the preceding quiescent letter is an alif.

وَفِي المِثَالِ الثَّانِي، جَاءَتِ الهَمْزَةُ فِي كَلِمَةِ (ضَوْءَكِ) مَفْتُوحَةً، وَجَاءَ مَا قَبْلَهَا حَرْفٌ سَاكِنٌ، وَكَانَ مِنْ حَقِّهَا أَنْ تُرْسَمَ عَلَى أَلِفٍ، وَلَكِنَّهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَى السَّطْرِ؛ وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ السَّاكِنَ الَّذِي جَاءَ قَبْلَهَا كَانَ وَاوًا.

In the second example, the hamza in (daw'aki) is fatha-voweled and preceded by a quiescent letter. Although the rule suggests it should be written on an alif, it is written on the line because the preceding quiescent letter is a waw.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (10 verbs · 32 nouns)

• تَأَمَّلَ — to contemplate
• وَجَدَ — to find
• خَضَعَ — to submit
• رَسْم — drawing
• هَمْزَة — hamza
• كَلِمَة — word